Visitors can now enter Herzog & de Meuron's monumental screen-topped M+ museum, which has opened to the public in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District.
The M+ museum was designed by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron in collaboration with architecture studio Farrells and claims to be Asia's first global museum of contemporary visual culture.
The M+ museum is topped with a 12-storey LCD screen for artworks. Photo is by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Located on Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour waterfront, the building consists of two volumes ? one long and flat and one tall and thin ? which intersect to form an inverted T.
One side of the building is completely taken up by a 66-metre-high LED display screen showcasing M+ artworks, which is intended to present a creative retort to the city's commercial billboards. The museum's interior houses a research centre, offices, a members' room and restaurants. The building is made up of two volumes forming an inverted T shape
Most of the M+ museum's public areas are located in the lower, three-storey horizontal section of the building, including gallery spaces, screening rooms and a learning hub.
The 65,000-square-metre building opened to the public on Friday, 12 November, with six exhibitions showcasing art, design and architecture from the region and beyond. Approximately 1,500 works from M+'s collection are displayed across 33 galleries and spaces.
The Main Hall features apertures that show hints of the "Found Space" on the ...